Browser manufactures attempted to satisfy the demand for
better presentation of web pages by adding proprietary tags, but this
ran counter to the original goal of platform independance.
Also, embedding presentation information into web pages overloaded them
and made them difficult to change.
were introduced to overcome these difficulties, and
HTML 4.0 was designed to encourage their use. We find that HTML 4.0 and
CSS together finally allow designers to create pages that look good on
the best browsers, and are usable on virtually all others.
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Anyone who's ever wanted to change the style of a large
website realizes how discourging a prospect that can be.
Through the use of HTML 4.0 and Style Sheets, creating and
maintaining even very large sites becomes effortless.
Imagine, all H3 headers on your site are left justified and black text.
Imagine that you would like them all centered, a different color and in
a sans-serif font. What an undertaking! Not any more! Simply changing
your Style Sheets will do the trick.
H3 {font-family :
Arial,
Helvetica,
sans-serif;
color : blue;
text-align : center;
}
Instantly Adjusted Headers
Or maybe red, and right justified?
Instantly Adjusted Headers
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Maybe a background image for a particular cell is what
you want. Now it's possible!
If you're the creative type, you're going to love
HTML 4.0 and CSS. At last, you can do what you want,
position objects precisely, and have valid HTML all
at the same time!
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